The iPhone’s regional support and overall availability in the U.S. is about to become a bit more robust. Per AppleInsider, Apple’s new flagship iPhone 5s and mid-range iPhone 5c will become available on eight regional wireless carriers in U.S. beginning Oct. 1, including C Spire, Cellcom, and Bluegrass. The new iPhones may get slightly easier […]
On Thursday, version 6.8.60.351 of the Skype VoIP application was released. The new version, a 41.8 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Support for 3 additional languages: Swedish, Finnish and European Portuguese. – Toolbar search field improvements, including listing phone numbers for Mac contacts. – Mouse cursor renders as hand over links. […]
Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 2.1.0. The new version, a 41.9 megabyte download, adds a massive series of changes and fixed documented over on the changelog. VLC 2.0.8 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS […]
Never doubt a firmware update. On Wednesday, Apple released version iMac EFI Firmware Update 2.1 for its just-released late 2013 iMacs. The update, an 8.7 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – This update addresses an issue which may cause a black screen to appear when installing Windows 7 or Windows 8 using […]
If you travel with an AppleCare-covered device, you might like this. Per AppleInsider and TechCrunch, it was revealed on Tuesday that Apple has changed the terms and conditions tied to AppleCare+ and will be lifting geographic limitations on support, meaning travelers can get their device serviced outside of their home country. As noted, the recent […]